09 July 2021

Regional Focus: Australia

Blog posts & press:

"DFAT urged to retract 'inaccurate' report saying Sri Lankans face low torture risk, following UK court finding," SBS News, 3 June 2021 [text]
- See also related report.

"Doubts rise over Australia’s offshore handling of refugees," Politico, 21 June 2021 [text]

"The Murugappans: Sri Lanka Asylum Seeker Case Illustrates Absurdities of Australian System," The Diplomat, 24 June 2021 [text]

The “problem” with boat people (Pearls & Irritations, July 2021) [text]

What is occurring in the seas north and west of Australia? We have no way of knowing (Kaldor Centre, July 2021) [text]
- See also related Guardian article.

Why do Tamil asylum seekers need protection — and why does the Australian government say they don’t? (The Conversation, June 2021) [text]

Reports & journal articles: 

"The capacity-building role of community liaison workers with refugee communities in Victoria, Australia," International Journal of Mental Health Systems, 15:64 (July 2021) [open access]

"Film as an Anti-Asylum Technique: International Law, Borders and the Gendering of Refugee Subjectivities," Griffith Law Review, Latest Articles, 9 April 2021 [preprint]

The Migration Amendment (Clarifying International Obligations for Removal) Act 2021: A case study in the importance of proper legislative process (Kaldor Centre, June 2021) [text]

"Talking to water: Memory, gender and environment for Hazara refugees in Australia," International Review of Environmental History, vol. 7, no. 1 (2021) [open access]

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